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Launch HN: Muzmatch (YC S17) – A place where 400M single Muslims can meet

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Re: Launch HN: Muzmatch (YC S17) – A place where 400M single Muslims can meet

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Dating apps right now feel a little like pre-Facebook social networks. There is one for every niche. I wonder why there isn't a platform for single people where dating companies are just apps on top of the platform. Seems like bad user experience that a user needs to maintain multiple accounts. Don't get me wrong, I think this is a great idea but I think the really big company in this space will be a platform for sin…

You mean facebook?

Facebook doesn't have open APIs and blatantly opposes non-advertising extensions

Re: Launch HN: Muzmatch (YC S17) – A place where 400M single Muslims can meet

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Pretty cool guys. I can see from the play store comments that your users love the app. Best wishes. Whats 'Halal, free, and fun'? Whats you tech stack like?

And what is the reason for not having a teaser video? I hear they improve the download rates.

Re: Launch HN: Muzmatch (YC S17) – A place where 400M single Muslims can meet

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I wholeheartedly approve of this approach to move Muslims out of the conservative mold. I have lived in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Dubai. The younger generating need a way to move past the older people's restrictions which were put in place 100's of years ago.

Re: Launch HN: Muzmatch (YC S17) – A place where 400M single Muslims can meet

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I am not happy about such ideas and usually don't use explicit words on HN but this startup is a bit off for a YC startup. It's surprising that a well-known fund invests in such a venture.

Why do you want to keep people from specific religions stick together? It's for a society always better if groups mix instead of a ghettoization. I know that still many try to stay with their people which is totally fine but why enforcing it? You write yourself that there is a strong 'religious pressure'. With your product you make this pressure even worse. Oh I have to find someody of my religion and skin color, everything else is forbidden. It's not, it's 2017.

It's just not right. Imagine I make tomorrow a dating app for white Christians. Just with this description, I exclude other religions and skin colors and probably imply that those folks are inferior, you get it?

The biggest issue that all people who look like your target demo suffer from these stereotypes you create and enforce. Oh look at this dark skin guy, he probably looks for a wife wearing a headscarf 24/7, doesn't eat pork and prays on a carpet five times a day. Nothing bad about this lifestyle, it's a totally fine way of living which I respect, but please do not create stereotypes. There are many of your target demo who are happily fine to marry someone not from their religion.

And dating as a business is super though (eg banned by FB Ads) and since Tinder almost impossible. Unsure about your growth potential. Religous folks still use traditional ways (parents and co) and the other use traditional dating apps.

And2: Paul himself wrote himself many times, do not do dating. Why does YC still do dating?

Re: Launch HN: Muzmatch (YC S17) – A place where 400M single Muslims can meet

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Commenting on the wali/chaperone feature: I'm actually surprised that MuzMatch is the first network I've seen with support for unobtrusive third parties in conversations. I think there might be a general business opportunity there if they execute the limited dating application well. CCing/BCCing in a business setting is a limited communication management tool vulnerable to political distractions. Idling in chat is unproductive.

Re: Launch HN: Muzmatch (YC S17) – A place where 400M single Muslims can meet

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post #15

Dating apps right now feel a little like pre-Facebook social networks. There is one for every niche. I wonder why there isn't a platform for single people where dating companies are just apps on top of the platform. Seems like bad user experience that a user needs to maintain multiple accounts. Don't get me wrong, I think this is a great idea but I think the really big company in this space will be a platform for sin…

Different dating apps cater to different mindsets towards dating. Some ban pictures in favor of words; while others only work if you have great pictures; then others want one to mention their annual income ranges.

The groups on Facebook are very different but it still works. You should be able to build most things on top of the platform. Flickr was the social network for photographers but most photographers post on Facebook now.

Re: Launch HN: Muzmatch (YC S17) – A place where 400M single Muslims can meet

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post #25

I am not happy about such ideas and usually don't use explicit words on HN but this startup is a bit off for a YC startup. It's surprising that a well-known fund invests in such a venture. Why do you want to keep people from specific religions stick together? It's for a society always better if groups mix instead of a ghettoization. I know that still many try to stay with their people which is totally fine but why en…

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